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Friday, 22 August 2014

What are you reading on holiday?

LitPig is stacking his rucksack with holiday reading. With several full bookshelves to choose from it was a tough decision on what to pack, but he's plumped for these (in no particular order):

The Lie - Helen Dunmore
Recently heard Helen talk at Chichester Waterstone's and she signed this copy too! Another friend who attended the same talk reckons this is Dunmore's best work to date.
Helen confessed that she was unlikely to write a final book to conclude 'The Siege' and 'The Betrayal', as the story could never end happily.

Bad Mothers United - Kate Long
We LOVE everything written by Kate Long and this sequel to the excellent 'Bad Mothers Handbook' will be quickly devoured. (Just wondering when Kate will bring out The Hamster's Diary in paperback... though he'd probably use if for nesting material)

The Humans - Matt Haig.
Really enjoyed 'The Radleys' and a writing chum has raved about this one.

The Lie of You - Jane Lythell
The Indoor Writer recently met Jane at a workshop on 'writing radio drama' in Brighton. This is Jane's debut novel, which looks to be an intriguing crime thriller. Can't wait.

Hmm now wondering when LitPig will get time for hill walking - the whole point of the holiday, but then he has to live up to his literary name ...

What have you been reading or planning to read on your holidays? Please share if you've read any good page turners over the summer.

Thanks so much for the recommendation Tracy.My summer reading: I am just back from a trip to the Highlands and the Isles of Orkney so I read George Mackay Brown's non-fiction Portrait of Orkney (fabulous writing) and am just completing his first novel Greenvoe (1972). Highly recommend both books. He was a poet as well as a novelist and was Orkney born and bred.Enjoy your holiday.

The Humans & The Lie are both FAB! I'm off to Greece next week, and taking He Wants - Alison Moore, A Time to be Born - Dawn Powell, The Things We Never Said - Susan Elliot Wright, Dear Committee Members - Julie Schumacher (proof copy), The Diary of a Provincial Lady -mE M Delafield and Green Girl - Kate Zambreno!

I'm hoping to do a lot of writing on my next trip, but I'll be taking the kindle too. I've downloaded lots of books by blogging buddies and some classics - so many I'm not sure what's on there but some of them are bound to be good.

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I'm an award winning writer and playwright living close to the South Downs in West Sussex. Shortlisted: 2015 Fish and 2014 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prizes. Short stories and flash fiction published in national mags, online and in anthologies. Many other competition credits for both fiction and drama. Features published in Writing Magazine and on Thresholds. Currently seeking representation for my debut novel (completed), from which the Fish/Commonwealth short stories are taken. Final year of an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University.